Local Sports

The official unveiling of the new field house, the final component of the CUPlex, was Tuesday, but eight volleyball teams had a sneak peak at the new facility.

The deadline is quickly approaching for submissions and nominations for two important honours within the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The deadline to apply for the Maroniuk-Marcoux Scholarship Award is March 15.

Martin Smith has always had a passion for hockey and it showed through this season, as he was presented with the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League Coach of the Year.

Although the North Battleford Comprehensive High School wrestling team is small, they were able to bring home medals at the regional wrestling tournament Saturday.

It was an upset that few saw coming.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks' season came to an end Sunday, as they lost in game three to the first overall Regina Rebels.

At the start of the Bauer Conference Survivor Series, the Battlefords North Stars and their supporters weren't anticipating it would come to this, but the North Stars were facing a sweep.

In the morning draw for the New Horizons Feb. 26, Rogers started off with one, they then gave up on a couple of ends but came back to win over Kjargaard by scoring three ends in a row. We will have to tell Sven that movable guards don't usually work.

It is do or die time for the Battlefords Midget Stars in their first playoff series in nearly a decade. The Stars lost game one of the best-of-five series Friday in Saskatoon against the Contacts by a 5-3 score.

March 1 1954 - After 39 combat missions without an injury Ted Williams returns to baseball and fractures his collarbone in a spring training mission. 1969 - New York Yankees great Mickey Mantle retires from Major League Baseball.